Performance
Concerts
Current & Recent Performances
Salon Impromptu: A Salon Evening of Romantic Repertoire and Romantic Style Improvisation May 24, 2019
With pianists Clemens Teufel and Christos Vayenas
Music by Poulenc, Teufel, Chopin & improvisations
7pm
Harvard Musical Association
Beacon Hill, Boston, MA
With Light in My Soul: An Evening of Music and Poetry June 17, 2018
With poet Simeon Asparuhov
ClassicArt String Quartet & Ensemble with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Music by Dvorak & Dohnanyi
7pm
“Bulgaria” Chamber Hall
Sofia, Bulgaria
Folk and Art Music of Bulgaria: A Workshop-Performance April 26, 2018
With Bulgarian Folk Music Singer Elitsa Stoyneva
Music also by Pancho and Alexander Vladigerov
5pm
Lewis Music Library
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
The Piano Is A Thousand Instruments: An Afternoon of Music and Conversation March 4, 2018
With composers Carl Christian Bettendorf, Bert Van Herck, and Richard Beaudoin
Music also by Pancho Vladigerov, Bela Bartok, Claude Debussy
4pm
Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Some Past Performances
A Palette of Timbres June 24, 2017
ClassicArt Chamber Ensemble
Sofia Philharmonic Chamber Music Season
Gabriel Fauré, Rumen Boyadjiev-Son, Bruce Adolphe, David Amram, Ian Munroe
7 pm
Chamber Hall "Bulgaria"
Sofia, Bulgaria
Soundworlds at the Piano May 6, 2017
A Presentation, Interactive Experiment, and Recital
Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Showcase: Open Studios Presentations February 8, 2017
Rolston Auditorium
Banff Centre for the Arts
Banff, Canada
“Invitation to Collaborative Listening”: An Interactive Workshop May 23, 2016
Holden Chapel, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
“Preludes and Repertoire: A Current-Day Exploration of Romantic Pianism,” : A solo recital of repertoire works and improvised preluding August 22, 2015
Vladigerov, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, (Tzotzkova)
Cornelia Street Cafe
New York City
“Music for Two Pianos”, Conference Concert and Workshop, with Mine Dogantan-Dack June 18, 2015
Sixth International Symposium on Music/Sonic Art: Practices and Theories
Brahms, Rachmaninoff
Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Musikinformatik (IMWI)
Karlsruhe, Germany
"The Piano is a Thousand Instruments": A concert-presentation May 30, 2015
Rachmaninoff, Bartok, Chopin, Bettendorf
Lehman Hall, Dudley House
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
"Preludes and Repertoire: A Current-Day Exploration of Romantic Pianism": A solo recital of repertoire works and improvised preluding May 31, 2014
Chopin, Debussy, (Tzotzkova)
Spectrum NYC
New York City
"The Piano Is a Thousand Instruments, or Standing at the Intersection of Sound and Experience": March 27, 2014
A presentation in words and music
Bulgarian Cultural Salon in New York and Young in the City Artist Fund
Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy
Bulgarian Consulate General
New York City
"With Four Hands: Music for Two Pianists", Conference Concert June 18, 2013
with pianist Mine Dogantan-Dack
Mozart, Brahms, Rachmaninoff
Chancellor’s Hall
Senate House
London, UK
"Bells, shimmers, and images: Zooming in on acoustic piano sound": A concert-presentation January 9, 2013
Bulgarian Cultural Salon in New York and Young in the City Artist Fund
with composer Carl Christian Bettendorf
Bulgarian Consulate General
New York City
Open Studio Showcase July 10, 2012
SonicExchange collaborative initiative
curated by Ursel Schlicht,
in conjunction with dOCUMENTA (13)
Musings on the music of Morton Feldman
with composer Nick Patterson
Fenster zum Hof (Fotomotel Wolf 53)
Kassel, Germany
Rosetta Goodkind Memorial Concert November 5, 2011
Rachmaninoff
Manhattan School of Music
New York City
"Counterpoints: Nineteenth-century Music and Literature", Conference Concert October 22, 2011
Debussy, Carl Christian Bettendorf
Fordham University, Lincoln Center
New York City
Solo Recital October 14, 2010
Bechstein Artist Series
Chopin, Debussy, Vladiguerov, Grieg, Rachmaninoff
Bechstein Piano Salon
New York City
In the Spirit of Diaghilev April 30, 2010
Argento Chamber Ensemble
Stravinsky, “Les Noces”
Miller Theater at Columbia University
New York City
New York Recital Debut April 25, 2009
Artists International Presentations
Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Feldman, Debussy
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
New York City
Music and Dance collaborations November 3-5, 2008
New Chamber Ballet
Dvorak, Stockhausen
City Center Studios
New York City
Chamber Music Series June 26, 2008
“Vek” Chamber Ensemble, Sofia Philharmonic
Brahms, Messiaen
Chamber Hall at “Bulgaria” Concert Hall
Sofia, Bulgaria
Festival Showcase: New Works July 27, 2007
European American Musical Alliance
Philip Lasser, Ori Talmon
Salle Cortot, Ecole Normale de Musique
Paris, France
Video
Claude Debussy, “Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum” from Children’s Corner
New York Recital Debut
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
25 April 2009
What People Are Saying
“A unique musical personality...
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~ Rorianne Shrade
The New York Concert Review
“Very dramatic and powerful playing. Solid technique and color control... a strong
musical conviction”
“A very much emotional palette of colors”
“Strong temperament and sense of drama supported by mature technique and a very musical
ear”
~ Lawrence Graham The Manhattan School of Music
“It was music deeply felt and wonderfully transmitted to the audience”
~ Svetla Jelyazkova
Vecherni Novini
Sofia, Bulgaria